Cues: Do A Great Plank at Home

Try these cues to achieve your best Pilates plank

you’ll need a floor + a little padding for your hands.

1. start on all fours facing the floor: knees + hands

2. feel your thumbs, pointer fingers, and pinky fingers touching the floor

3. push your hands down like you’re pushing the floor down. you want to push so hard to build a little bridge from one shoulder blade to another.

4. step one foot back, and then the other. the space between your shoulders and ankles will be suspended. you should look like a long angled line, down toward the floor.

5. **if this is too much, walk your knees back instead.

6. feel like your toes are flexed and your tow mound (the juicy part of the foot where your toe joints connect) are touching/reaching for the floor.

7. use your abs to lift your intestine toward your spine

8. make sure your butt isn’t above your shoulders

9. and reach the feet like you’re standing on a floor/wall that’s behind you

10. Hold for as long as you can

11. Practice frequently

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